What is CVE-2019-13970?

CVE-2019-13970 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Antsword Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2019-13970?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Antsword Project

CVE-2019-13970

In antSword before 2.1.0, self-XSS in the database configuration leads to code execution via modules/database/asp/index.js, modules/database/custom/index.js, modules/database/index.js, or modules/database/php/index.js.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2019-07-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Antsword Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/AntSwordProject/antSword/issues/151 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/AntSwordProject/antSword/commit/4b932e81447b4b0475f4fce45525547395c2… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/AntSwordProject/antSword/compare/ed01dea...834063a (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-13970?: CVE-2019-13970 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Antsword Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2019-13970?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.